YOUNG MEN’S BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION
COLOMBO – SRILANKA
2558 DHAMMA EXAMINATION – 2014
Grade – Junior Part – 1 (Preliminary)
Date: 29th June - 2014
Subject – Dhamma
Time: 1 Hour 30 minutes
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Part – 1
(Answer all questions)
1. Select the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly and underline it.
(a) Bodhisatta Gotama received the First Affirmation (Niyata Vivarana) from
(i)
Buddha Dipankara
(ii)
Buddha Tanhankara
(iii) Buddha Medhankara
(b) King Suddhodhana stopped old and sick persons entering the city because ……..
(i)
they would dirty the city
(ii)
they were an unpleasant sight
(iii) Prince Siddharta would leave the palace on seeing them
(c) The Brahmin who predicted that Prince Siddharta would definitely be a Buddha
was …………….
(i) Kondanna
(ii) Lakkhana
(iii) Sudatta
(d) Dhammapada is a book included in the …………..
(i) Digha Nikaya
(ii) Majjhima Nikaya
(iii) Khuddaka Nikaya
(e) The Second Buddhist Council was held to settle a dispute over ………………
(i)
ten wrong practices of Vajjiputtaka monks
(ii)
repeal of minor Vinaya rules
(iii) divergent views of different sects
(f) Karaniya Metta Sutta enumerates fifteen virtues to be practiced by ……………
(i)
a person who wishes his welfare
(ii)
a person who wishes to be born in heaven
(iii) a person who wishes to do wholesome acts (kusala)
(g) The Buddha is called ‘satta deva manussanam’ because ……………
(i)
He is well disciplined
(ii)
He is worthy of offerings
(iii) He is a Teacher to all beings
(h) At the First Buddhist Council every Sutta was introduced by the words “Thus
have I heard” (evam me sutam) by …………..
(i) Venerable Maha Kassapa
(ii) Venerable Ananda
(iii) Venerabe Upali
(i) ‘Panatipata’ is an unwholesome action (akusala) committed through ……
(i) the door of the body
(ii) the door of speech
(iii) the door of thought
(j) The new treatise that was added to the Abhidhamma pitaka at the Third
Buddhist Council was …………
(i) Petavatthu
(ii) Kathavatthu
(iii) Vimanavatthu
(20 marks – 2 marks for each part)
2. Fill in the blanks correctly with suitable words or phrases.
(i) A man rejoices at the meritorious done by his friend. The merit he gets is called in
Dhamma ………………………
(ii) Prince Siddhartha’s idea of extinguishing lust and attachment was awakened on
hearing Kisa Gotami’s utterance of the word ……………………
(iii) Maha Mangala Sutta was preached by the Buddha at the request of …………..
(iv) The Great Commentator who wrote commentaries to many texts of the Tri Pitaka
was Venerable ………………
(v) ‘Digha Nikaya’ of the Sutta Pitka is a Collection of ……………
(20 marks – 4 marks for each part)
PART – II
Answer any THREE questions
(Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper and attach).
3.What incidents made Prince Siddhartha leave the palace?
4. Explain the Buddha’s quality of ‘Samma sambuddha’.
5. Briefly outline the four kinds of Higher Morality expected of Fully Ordained
Bhikkhus (Bhikkhusila).
6. Write the note (five sentences) describing “Sutta Pitaka”.
7. Write the meaning of the following stanza from Dhammapada:
Idha modati pecca modati
Katapunno ubhayattha modati
So modati so pamodati
Disva kamma visuddhamattano
8. Mention the five factors that make up the act of killing (panaghata).
9. Mention two results of the First Buddhist Council.
(20 marks for each answer)
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